According to a recent poll by the Pew Foundation and USA Today, Republicans would be blamed for the cuts by almost half of Americans, while only 31% would blame Obama.

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In 2002, a survey by the Pew Hispanic Centre and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that over 90% of second-generation Hispanics were either bilingual or mainly English-speaking, split equally between the two.

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It was started as a joint initiative of three newly appointed foundation presidents, Peter Goldmark of the Rockefeller Foundation, Rebecca Rimel of the Pew Charitable Trusts, and Adele Simmons of the John D. and Catherine T.

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Howard Pew and David Packard--endowed a private foundation and then pasted his name on the front.

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The Hewlett Foundation's Hal Harvey and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change's Eileen Claussen are key figures in commissioning research and working on politicians.

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